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Hundred of Anna

Hundred of English
South Australia
Hundred of English is located in South Australia
Hundred of English
Hundred of English
Coordinates 34°24′S 139°24′E / 34.4°S 139.4°E / -34.4; 139.4Coordinates: 34°24′S 139°24′E / 34.4°S 139.4°E / -34.4; 139.4
Established 19 April 1860
Area 108 square miles (280 km2)
LGA(s) Mid Murray Council
County Eyre
Lands administrative divisions around Hundred of English:
Hundred of Dutton Hundred of Brownlow Hundred of Hay
Hundred of English Hundred of Skurray
Hundred of Jellicoe Hundred of Bagot Hundred of Fisher

The Hundred of Anna is a cadastral unit of hundred in South Australia. It contains all or most of the localities of Steinfeld, Annadale and Sandleton and small parts of the localities of Dutton East, Truro and Sedan. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Eyre.

The Hundred of Anna was named in 1860 by Governor of South Australia, Richard Graves MacDonnell after a daughter of James Chambers who had funded four of John McDouall Stuart's expeditions. It is located on the plains between the Mount Lofty Ranges and the Murray River and is bisected by the Sturt Highway.


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